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WATER BACK FOR GAS HEATERS.

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Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN T. PHILLIPSAND ERRETT E. PHILLIPS, OF NEW CASTLE, PENNSYL' VA'NIA.

WATER-BACK FOR GAS-HEATERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,602, dated November 22, 1887,

Application filed December 24, 1856. Serial No. 222,467.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that we, JOHN T. PHILLIPS and ERRE'IT E. PnrLLIPs, of New Castle, in the county of Lawrence and State of Pennsylvania,haveinvented a new and Improved Water- Back for Gas-Heaters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates toanovel form of water-back applicable for usein connection with the ordinary form ol'gas-heater, the object of the invention being to provide for a proper moistening of the atmosphere of the apartment in which the heater is located,and at the same time to provide for a decrease in the amount 1 of gas required to produce the required amount ofheat, as will be hereinafter more fully explained, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying 2o drawing, forming a part of this specification, -in which our improved form of water-back is represented as it appears when applied for use in connection with the ordinary form of gas fireplace, or heater.

\Vhen natural gas is employed as aheatproducing agent for warming a dwelling-apartment, it is important, and in fact necessary, thatthere should besome arrangementwhereby the airof the apartment may be moistened,and

0 to this end we have provided a tank or boiler, 10, that is closed by a lid, 11. This lid 11 is penetrated by three pipes, 12, 13, and 14, that are provided for a purpose to be presently explained, and in connection with the boiler we 3 5 arrange a water gage, 3, in order that the height of the water within the boiler may be seen at a glance.

A tank constructed as described is placed within the fire-place,and the tube or pipe 12 is led up so that it will project outward above the mantel-piece 15, and this projecting end is (N0 model.)

provided with a stop cock or valve, 16. The pipe 13 is carried downward, so that its lower open end will be pointed toward the gas-burners 17 and the refractory material that is arranged in connection with the burners,and this pipe 13 is provided with a stop-cock, 18.

In order that the supply of water delivered to the tank or boiler 10 may be maintained at a constant level, we connect said tank 10 with a reservoir, 20, by means of a siphon, 21, said siphon being provided with astop'cook, 22, by means of which the supply may be regulated to suit the exigencies of the case.

In operation the water within the boiler 10 5 will, after having become properly heated, emit steam that will issue through the pipes 12 and 13, the quantity of steam so issuing from the said pipes being regulated by means ofthe stop-cocks that are arranged in connection with the pipes,the steam issuing from the pipe 12 serving to impart a proper moisture to the atmosphere of the apartment,while the steam issuing from the pipe 13 will be decomposed upon strikingthe red-hot burners or refractory material, upon which the flames issuing from the burners impinge, and will consequently add greatly to the heat and effect a material saving of the gaseous fuel.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination, with a gasheater, of a boiler provided with a. water gage, a reservoir connected to the boiler by a tube, 11, and 75 tubes 12 and 13, arranged substantially as described.

JOHN T. PHILLIPS. ERRETI E. PHILLIPS. Witnesses:

GEO. W. MILLER, JOHN B. PHILLIPS. 

